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"Three people aboard a 30-foot sailing boat in Lake Ontario fight to keep the boat afloat as they are being towed to safety by a Coast Guard 45-foot response boat from Coast Guard Station Niagara, N.Y., July 28, 2014. The owner of the boat called the Coast Guard via marine radio after the sail on the vessel was torn and they were unable to make way in gusts of winds up to 25 miles per hour and eight-foot waves, the Coast Guard said.

Cleveland, OH (NNCNOW.com) --- Three people were rescued by the Coast Guard Monday morning when their sailboat became disabled three miles away from the entrance of the Niagara River.

One of the people on the 30–foot sailboat was able to make a call to the New York Coast Guard Station, explaining that their sail was torn, they did not have a motor and they were being tossed around by the wind/waves.